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High-ranking officials from the North and South Korean governments held their most significant talks in nearly five years on Saturday, stirring hope for improved relations after months of tension and missile launches, according to reports in the Associated Press and Seoul media. Hwang Pyong So, vice chairman of North Korea's Defense Commission, who is considered to be the country's second-in-command behind Kim Jong Un, and two other top officials met with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae shortly before the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Asian Games, according to The Korea Times. It was not immediately clear what was discussed, but the officials agreed to hold...

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High-ranking officials from the North and South Korean governments held their most significant talks in nearly five years on Saturday, stirring hope for improved relations after months of tension and missile launches, according to reports in the...

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South Korean protest: Activists and average people continue to agitate on behalf of a former legislator and popular Podcast hope imprisoned for spreading false information against the president. Critics call the jailing politically based.

REPORTING FROM PANMUNJOM, South Korea -- Trekking up to one of the last outposts of the Cold War, President Obama on Sunday gazed out over the heavily fortified barrier that cuts through the Korean peninsula and thanked U.S. troops for guarding "freedom's fron